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Wes Boling @wesboling.bsky.social · 22h

Truth > rivalry

actioncookBOOk @actioncookbook.com · 1d

Boiler the fuck up

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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 20h

Facebook served this up to me… purporting to be from WH Auden’s review of “Lord of the Rings.”

Evil, that is, has every advantage but one—it is inferior in imagination. Good can imagine the possibility of becoming evil-hence the refusal of Gandalf and Aragorn to use the Ring-but Evil, defiantly chosen, can no longer imagine anything but itself. Sauron cannot imagine any motives except lust for domination and fear so that, when he has learned that his enemies have the Ring, the thought that they might try to destroy it never enters his head, and his eye is kept toward Gondor and away from Mordor and the Mount of Doom.

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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 17h

Spotted in Portsmouth, NH yesterday 🫶🏻

It’s true: we all love the indomitable and inspiring @hcrichardson.bsky.social

Photo credit @sweetlisa on substack
#NoKings

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David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 18h

I’m skeptical that a bomber is equipped to load, carry, and deliver a payload of that quantity of liquified feces.

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David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 17h

… Also, assuming it was feasible, I would think the pilot carrying that much excrement would really, really want to make sure his mask covers his nose.

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N A @niftylinks.bsky.social · 17h

That's no bomber. Its the unholy spawn of an early F/A-18, a toddler's imagination and what must be an NK-32 shoved up its ass.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17h

KARL: “Why haven’t you sworn in Adelita Grijalva?”

SPEAKER JOHNSON: “I’m following the Pelosi precedent with Letlow.”

KARL: “But that was the date Letlow requested.”

SPEAKER JOHNSON: 🤷🏼

#EpsteinFilesCoverUp

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Null convention @nullconvention.bsky.social · 17h

When John Stewart accidentally DID become "the most trusted name in news" he understandably balked. He went on Crossfire to sit Carlson and Begala down in what was unprecedented at the time and hasn't really been equaled even by Stewart himself to call out them and all of media for being complicit

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 1d

ooh well done

Someone appears to have gotten their hands on a NO PARKING ANY TIME sign, but they blocked out the par part so it says no king lol

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 1d

This is what they have now. There are no ideas, only "oh you don't like that? Then I'll do it more." That's the sum total of the right's brain trust now

Nick (derogatory) ✨ @slothropsmap.bsky.social · 1d

It is a scandal totally unprecedented in history that the Vice President has shared a video depicting the President as king. It’s an obscene violation of every founding American principle.

And nothing will come of it. It makes me physically sick.

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 1d

Social media use begins global decline. For the first time, time spent on social media is falling worldwide. An analysis of 250,000 adults across 50 countries shows average daily use dropped nearly 10% since 2022, reversing a decade of growth. buff.ly/z7nfRnN
#ShareGoodNewsToo

School IB economics: Have we passed peak social media?

Demand, market failure

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NiftyLinks @niftylinks.federated.press.ap.brid.gy · 1d

Halftime and #nashvillesc leads InterMessi 2-1.

#mls #soccer #mastodonfc #everyonen

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N A @niftylinks.bsky.social · 1d

Looking around Geodis Park today, I don't believe InterMiami fans exist. There is no Miami, only Messi.

#EveryoneN

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d

Donald Trump's effort to deploy troops in American cities is not normal.

There is no rational justification for such a deployment.

It is a breach of the most fundamental values and customs that our armed forces operate on.

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Ben Wright @benwright.bsky.social · 3d

Took the kids to see the US Open Cup. They’d seen the Premier League trophy, but wanted to see something with a bit more history. 🏆

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 4d

When all of this is finally over, I hope the people who ordered and carried out these extrajudicial assassinations are given the due process they don't believe in before they're punished for murder.

www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...

Donald Trump's Venezuela Military Strikes Hit a Colombian Ship: Report

At least one Colombian ship has been struck by US Military amid escalations in the Caribbean.

www.newsweek.com

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 4d

Remembering all the people, including Zuck, who insisted (against the actual evidence) that the Biden admin pressured them into censorship... who are suddenly silent now that Pam Bondi is happily demanding the removal of 1st Amendment protected speech.

Techdirt @techdirt.com · 4d

Hey Zuck, Remember When You Said You’d Never Again Cave To Government Pressure? About That…

You may recall a year or so ago, when Mark Zuckerberg whined to Jim Jordan about how the Biden administration “repeatedly pressured our teams for months to censor certain… content.” Or maybe you remember…

Hey Zuck, Remember When You Said You’d Never Again Cave To Government Pressure? About That…

You may recall a year or so ago, when Mark Zuckerberg whined to Jim Jordan about how the Biden administration “repeatedly pressured our teams for months to censor certain… content.” Or maybe you remember when he went on Joe Rogan and whined some more about Biden pressure on moderation, even though he admitted there that he rejected their requests: And they pushed us super hard to take down things that were honestly were true.

www.techdirt.com

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Nonya Bidniss @nonyabidniss.bsky.social · 4d

DOD has sent out letters to furloughed employees that seem to say that if there's not budget or CR within 30 days they'll be let go. But they say it euphemistically so it's not really clear.

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Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · 4d

Important: this is exactly how propagandists operate.

Bill McCarthy @billmccarthy.bsky.social · 5d

NEW:

A dramatic voiceover video the White House and Donald Trump shared last week claiming to show "chaos" in Chicago is littered with outdated footage from Florida, Texas, South Carolina, Nebraska, California and Arizona, an AFP investigation found.

factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....

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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 4d

The Emmett Till Interpretative Center will continue its “Remembering Emmett” series with events across Mississippi in October and November, including at Tougaloo College, in Gulfport and in Mound Bayou.

Emmett Till Center to Honor His Legacy With Events Across State

The Emmett Till Interpretative Center will continue its “Remembering Emmett” series with events across Mississippi in October and November.

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Dan Szymborski @dszymborski.fangraphs.com · 4d

I still get chills up my spine when I try to remember what horrors must have caused me to write this in my sleep one night some years ago.

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Ben Wright @benwright.bsky.social · 4d

Taylor Washington was one of the first players signed to play professional soccer in Nashville. Eight years later, he’s hanging up his boots with a plan to stay in Nashville, a city he now calls home.

www.sixonefivesoccer.com/nashville-sc...

Nashville SC original Taylor Washington announces retirement

The defender to hang up his boots at the end of 2025 season after eight years and 166 appearances as a Boy In Gold

www.sixonefivesoccer.com

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 4d

Hey WHCA, where u at…oh, why do I bother

Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 4d

DoD today confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America. - Pentagon Press Association

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AI6YR Ben @ai6yr.m.ai6yr.org.ap.brid.gy · 5d

Tucson Sentinel: Trump breaches court order by tying FEMA relief to states' compliance with ICE

Judge rules that gov't has not made 'good faith' efforts to comply with order that barred disaster funds from being conditional on immigration efforts […]

Original post on ai6yr.org

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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 5d

“When a President can publicly direct charges to be filed against someone—when it was reported that career attorneys concluded none were warranted—it marks a serious attack on the rule of law," said Abbe Lowell, Letitia James' lawyer.

New York AG Who Beat Trump in Court Indicted at His Urging

New York Attorney General Letitia James was charged as part of a mortgage fraud investigation pushed by the Trump administration.

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